Hockey-stick



N. T. FOGG I HOCKEY STICK. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, 1919. RENEWED FEB, 2,'192o.

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i HOCKEY-STICK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma 4, 1920.

Application filed February 24, 1919, Serial No. 278,566. Renewed February 2, 1920. Serial No. 355,698.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, NEWELL T. F ooc, a a citizen of the United States, residing at Melrose, county of Middlese Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hockey-Sticks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hockey sticks, and particularly to a hockey stick provided with a claw or spur adapted to be projected. into ice engaging pdsition to afford a grip or purchase should the skater break through the ice.

My invention consists in the novel construction, combination and relation of parts described in the following specification, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims. tion and drawings like reference characters are correspondingly mployed, and in the drawings i Figures 1 and 3 are elevations of .the handle end of a hockey stick equipped with my invention, and illustrating the normal and projected positions of the ice-gripping member.

Figs. 2 and 4 are corresponding end" views, and

Fig. 5 is a view illustrating the manner of use of my improved hockey stick.

'I have indicated at 1 the handle end of a. hockey stick of conventional design equipped with my invention. Pivoted on the end 2 of the handle 1 and seating on the face thereof is an ice spur or gripper 3. The gripper 3 is shaped to fit the end of the handle and normally lies substantially flush with the edges of the handle end so I as not to .interfere with the ordinary use of the stick as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The pivot 4 for said gripper 3 is set off center so that when turned out as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, it projects beyond the handle.

As here shown, said pivot is a simple screw set through the gripper 8 and is provided with a split spring washer 5.

The gripper 3 is provided with double.

poin ted clawsor spurs 6 which, as hereshown is formed by tapering the forward 'end of the gripper at each corner disposed to normally coincide with and be covered by the corners ofthe stick end 2.

The shape of the gripper 8 and the loca-' tion of the pivot 4 are such that when the Throughout the specificaprojected position.

gripper is swung on its pivot, the spurs 6 angular relation to the handle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 8, so that it may be dug into the ice, indicated at 9, Fig. 1, to afford a purchase thereon for a skater who has broken through the ice.

The pivot 4 is preferably located nearer the upper or side of the curved end of the stick so that when the stick is used as in Fig. 5, the hooked end is down toward the ice thus supporting the stick'on a proper angle to set the gripping points 6.

Various modifications in the form and construction of my device may obviously be resorted to if within the limits of the appended claims.

What I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: i

1. In combination with a hockey stick, a pivoted spur on the end of the handle there of, having a guarded and a projected positiop relative to the sides of said handle en 2. In combination with a hockey stick, an eccentrically pivoted spur on the handle thereof having a guarded and a projected position relative to said handle.

3. An attachment for a hockey stick, comprising an ice gripper pivotally mounted on the stick in normal non-interfering relation to the ordinary use of the stick and projectable into angular relation to the stick to provide a gripping point adapted to be dug into the ice.

4. In combination with a hockey stick, a spur on the handle thereof and projectable into angular relation to the handle on the side of the angular head of said stick.

5. In combination with a hockey stick, a spur movably mounted in the handle thereof and having a guarded position and a 6. A projectable spur for a hockey stick, comprising an eccentrically pivoted memher having a point on its longer arm and a frictional pivot member for maintaining said member in guarded or projected position. i

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NEWELL FOGG. 

